Hi all, I'm the newbie for today and I wanted in introduce my self. I live just outside of Vancouver Canada. I come from a family of collectors (this is my excuse for collectiong just about everything that is sharp, pointy or might go boom). I have a special facination of old blades. I used to collect only British blades but have always found myself drawn to the blades the British would have met during the hayday of thier colonial expansion.
As far as I can tell I have blades from Nepal, Russian States, Persia (armour), India and Turkey. I have began to purchase books - I have Stone's Glossary, Dr. Figiel's book on Danascus (it makes me drool
) and Anthony Tirri's mamouth volume on Islamic Weapons.
I look forward to posting blades in my collection and taking part in the great discussions.
Finally, I'm a crappy speller.
I look forward partisipating in this forum.
Cheers,
Greg